Products that take the "free upgrades for life" approach always fail because they are 100% reliant on new customers, and eventually that slows down. There are lots of software applications I own that eventually died out because they never charged for updates, when I would have been happy to pay to get more out of them.
Firstly, not all products on this model die out - one example is PureBasic.
Also, I agree with other comments that it seems upgrade prices are too high compared with the full product.
Also, other products that do charge for upgrades, normally charge for full version (e.g. 3.0 -> 4.0) upgrades only, and not point releases (3.0 ->3.x).
Finally, if I pledged for the KS and I get 3.1 when due, is there anyway to get that Steam Indie Edition as well either for free (preferably) or for a low atractive price?
Leadwerks 3.1 Pre-orders Now Available, Indie Edition coming to Steam January 6th
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Firstly, not all products on this model die out - one example is PureBasic.
Also, I agree with other comments that it seems upgrade prices are too high compared with the full product.
Also, other products that do charge for upgrades, normally charge for full version (e.g. 3.0 -> 4.0) upgrades only, and not point releases (3.0 ->3.x).
Finally, if I pledged for the KS and I get 3.1 when due, is there anyway to get that Steam Indie Edition as well either for free (preferably) or for a low atractive price?